Category Archives: Sports

Williams's three-pointer ends Raptors streak as Hornets beat Toronto 110-106
TORONTO - P.J. Tucker could barely be heard in the Raptors’ already quiet locker-room. He stood by his stall, his voice almost a whisper, as he described Toronto’s defensive collapse again...
Mar 29, 2017

US women's hockey agreement could have far-reaching impact
Cammi Granato’s biggest victory in hockey came 12 years after she retired. When USA Hockey and the women’s national team agreed to a contract Tuesday night that ended a wage dispute, Grana...
Mar 29, 2017
Jays' Happ pitches four solid innings in exhibition loss to Yankees
DUNEDIN, Fla. - Toronto left-hander J.A. Happ pitched four solid innings in the Blue Jays’ 3-1 exhibition loss to the New York Yankees on Wednesday. Happ, recently named the No. 2 starter in the...
Mar 29, 2017

'His talent was evident': Whitecaps' teenage soccer phenom turning heads
VANCOUVER - Veteran defender Pa-Modou Kah was on the practice field with the Vancouver Whitecaps one morning last season when a lanky 15-year-old joined training. Alphonso Davies had been promoted to ...
Mar 29, 2017

Maple Leafs' rookies could still shatter many more records
TORONTO - Wendel Clark was just the latest player have his Maple Leafs record wiped out, but more could be coming. Auston Matthews broke Clark’s 31-year-old record with his 35th goal of the year...
Mar 29, 2017
Two-time pairs champions Duhamel, and injured Radford struggle at worlds
HELSINKI - Canada’s Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford came to Helsinki with visions of a third consecutive world pairs title. But a peculiar hip injury to Radford derailed their dreams, and left t...
Mar 29, 2017

Montreal baseball investors have met MLB conditions: source
MONTREAL - A group of Montreal investors has met the conditions laid out by Major League Baseball to get a team back in the city, a source has told The Canadian Press. “I can tell you we are no ...
Mar 29, 2017
Bisons offensive lineman Gray set to audition before pro football scouts
Being under the watchful eye of people who can make or break a potential pro football career can be stressful, but nerves won’t be an issue for Geoff Gray. In fact, the six-foot-six, 310-pound M...
Mar 29, 2017

Agency settles case over ex-player's videogame company deal
PROVIDENCE, R.I. - The state’s economic development agency said on Wednesday it has settled a lawsuit brought against it by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission over the state’s fai...
Mar 29, 2017

Christine Sinclair leads Canada squad featuring 7 teenagers on European tour
TORONTO - Captain Christine Sinclair will lead a 22-woman Canadian squad that features seven teenagers to Europe in April for a pair of testing matches against Germany and Sweden. The European trip fe...
Mar 29, 2017